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About Student Life

Assistant Vice Chancellor Student Affairs Patricia Mahaffey, UC San Diego

Welcome from AVC Mahaffey

Assistant Vice Chancellor – Student Affairs Patricia (Patty) Mahaffey is responsible for the scope and quality of student cultural, social, and civic life at UC San Diego.

Meet the AVC

Our Mission and Vision

Mission

Through programs, campus collaborations, and placemaking, we continually strive to create an inclusive community that enhances wellbeing and success and activates students with the passion and skills to make meaningful change in the world, becoming lifelong changemakers.

Vision

Engage every student with inspiring co-curricular experiences vital to their lifelong success

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Student Life is dedicated to empowering leaders for a just and humane world by cultivating a community that is anti-racist, and supporting people and their intersecting identities. We are committed to recognizing diversity as an active process and not an end result.

read the full statement

Office of Student Life

  Location: Price Center East, Fourth Floor (map)

  Email: studentlife@ucsd.edu

  Main office phone:  (858) 822-5880

Student Life is a division of Student Affairs at UC San Diego